NRL Round 1

Knights

v

Cowboys

Sunday, March 1st, 2026
1:15 PM (Timezone: Australia/Sydney)
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas - neutral venue)

Introduction

This match centre provides fixture details, team news, bookmaker odds, form guides and team statistics for the NRL Round 1 clash between the Newcastle Knights and the North QLD Cowboys. You can view other fixtures for this round in the NRL match centre.

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Market	Selection	Open	Current
H2H	Knights Cowboys	2.25 1.61	2.25 1.61

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Member Tipping

The # and % columns denote the number of tippers for each selection, not the number of units tipped. Submit or edit your tips for this fixture.

All Tippers

Selection	#	%
Knights Cowboys	8 19	29.6% 70.4%
Knights (+4.5) Cowboys (-4.5)	6 6	50.0% 50.0%

My Favourite Tippers

Selection	#	%
Knights Cowboys	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Knights (+4.5) Cowboys (-4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Knights Supporters

Selection	#	%
Knights Cowboys	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Knights (+4.5) Cowboys (-4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Cowboys Supporters

Selection	#	%
Knights Cowboys	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Knights (+4.5) Cowboys (-4.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Form Guide: Newcastle Knights

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2025-09-07	Eels vs. Knights	Loss	66-10
2025-08-31	Sharks vs. Knights	Loss	40-16
2025-08-24	Knights vs. Broncos	Loss	12-46
2025-08-17	Cowboys vs. Knights	Loss	38-4
2025-08-08	Knights vs. Panthers	Loss	12-48
2025-07-27	Raiders vs. Knights	Loss	44-18
2025-07-20	Knights vs. Warriors	Loss	15-20
2025-07-12	Knights vs. Storm	Loss	14-32
2025-06-27	Knights vs. Raiders	Loss	18-22
2025-06-21	Dolphins vs. Knights	Win	20-26
2025-06-14	Knights vs. Roosters	Loss	8-12
2025-06-05	Knights vs. Sea Eagles	Win	26-22 (OT)

Form Guide: North QLD Cowboys

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2025-08-30	Cowboys vs. Broncos	Loss	30-38
2025-08-24	Tigers vs. Cowboys	Win	28-34
2025-08-17	Cowboys vs. Knights	Win	38-4
2025-08-10	Eels vs. Cowboys	Loss	19-18
2025-08-03	Sharks vs. Cowboys	Loss	32-12
2025-07-25	Cowboys vs. Dragons	Win	38-32
2025-07-17	Dolphins vs. Cowboys	Loss	43-24
2025-07-12	Cowboys vs. Bulldogs	Loss	8-12
2025-07-05	Cowboys vs. Storm	Loss	20-26
2025-06-29	Titans vs. Cowboys	Win	24-30
2025-06-22	Roosters vs. Cowboys	Loss	42-8
2025-06-14	Cowboys vs. Dolphins	Loss	4-58

Head-to-Head Results

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Score
2025-08-17	Cowboys vs. Knights	38-4
2024-09-14	Cowboys vs. Knights	28-16
2024-03-16	Cowboys vs. Knights	21-20 (OT)
2023-04-22	Cowboys vs. Knights	18-16
2022-05-07	Cowboys vs. Knights	36-16
2021-07-03	Knights vs. Cowboys	38-0
2021-05-20	Cowboys vs. Knights	36-20
2020-08-23	Knights vs. Cowboys	12-0
2020-06-27	Cowboys vs. Knights	32-20
2019-08-17	Knights vs. Cowboys	42-6
2018-07-27	Cowboys vs. Knights	20-18
2017-04-22	Cowboys vs. Knights	24-12

Note: only league fixtures are included, not
pre-season or cup fixtures.

Performance Guide: Newcastle Knights

H2H Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Cowboys
Streak	6 losses	9 losses	3 wins	5 losses
Record	2-0-10	6-0-18	7-1-2	9-1-17
Value	$-7.95	$-9.25	$2.02	$-9.43
Record as Fav	1-0-3	1-0-3	6-0-1	6-0-2
Value as Fav	$-2.40	$-2.40	$1.52	$0.52
Record as Dog	1-0-7	5-0-14	1-1-1	3-1-15
Value as Dog	$-5.55	$-5.85	$0.50	$-9.95
Line Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Streak	2 losses	6 losses	6 wins	2 losses
Record	5-0-7	9-0-15	6-0-0	10-0-9
Value	$-2.45	$-6.85	$5.42	$0.04
Record as Fav	1-0-3	1-0-3	4-0-0	4-0-1
Value as Fav	$-2.15	$-2.15	$3.56	$2.56
Record as Dog	4-0-4	8-0-11	2-0-0	6-0-8
Value as Dog	$-0.30	$-3.70	$1.86	$-2.51
Winning Margin Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
1-12 wins	1	3	3	5
13+ wins	1	3	4	4
1-12 losses	4	4	1	9
13+ losses	6	14	1	8
1-7 win	1	3	1	2
8+ win	1	3	6	7
1-7 loss	4	4	0	4
8+ loss	6	14	2	13
Total Score Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
O/U Streak	2 overs	3 overs	2 unders	1 under
O/U Record	4-0-8	7-0-17	3-0-3	8-0-11
Overs Value	$-4.48	$-11.01	$-0.30	$-3.93
Unders Value	$2.94	$7.70	$-0.34	$2.09

Performance Guide: North QLD Cowboys

H2H Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Knights
Streak	1 win	1 loss	3 losses	5 wins
Record	4-0-8	9-1-14	2-1-7	17-1-9
Value	$-2.15	$-5.26	$-3.66	$2.91
Record as Fav	2-0-1	6-0-2	1-1-1	15-1-3
Value as Fav	$0.50	$1.35	$-0.57	$3.65
Record as Dog	2-0-7	2-1-12	1-0-6	2-0-6
Value as Dog	$-2.65	$-7.50	$-3.09	$-0.74
Line Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Streak	2 wins	1 loss	6 losses	2 wins
Record	6-0-6	13-0-11	0-0-6	9-0-10
Value	$-0.45	$1.05	$-6.00	$-1.78
Record as Fav	2-0-1	5-0-3	0-0-2	8-0-6
Value as Fav	$0.90	$1.60	$-2.00	$1.31
Record as Dog	4-0-5	7-0-8	0-0-4	1-0-4
Value as Dog	$-1.35	$-1.55	$-4.00	$-3.09
Winning Margin Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
1-12 wins	4	7	1	9
13+ wins	0	2	1	8
1-12 losses	3	6	3	5
13+ losses	5	8	4	4
1-7 win	3	5	0	4
8+ win	1	4	2	13
1-7 loss	2	4	1	2
8+ loss	6	10	6	7
Total Score Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
O/U Streak	1 over	2 overs	2 unders	1 under
O/U Record	7-0-5	14-0-10	3-0-3	8-0-11
Overs Value	$1.17	$2.10	$-0.30	$-3.93
Unders Value	$-2.56	$-5.20	$-0.34	$2.09

Further Analysis: Newcastle Knights

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	1-0-5	5-0-13
H2H Betting Value	$-4.40	$-4.85
Line Record	3-0-3	6-0-12
Line Betting Value	$-0.30	$-6.55
Over/Under Record	0-0-6	7-0-11
Overs Betting Value	$-6.00	$-5.01
Unders Betting Value	$5.23	$2.47

Further Analysis: North QLD Cowboys

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	4-0-5	5-1-8
H2H Betting Value	$0.65	$-4.91
Line Record	5-0-4	8-0-6
Line Betting Value	$0.70	$1.35
Over/Under Record	5-0-4	9-0-5
Overs Betting Value	$0.28	$2.82
Unders Betting Value	$-1.33	$-4.74

Value Guides:

Team	Market	Last 6	Last 12	Last 18
Knights	H2H	$-6.00	$-6.35	$-7.00
	Line	$-6.00	$-2.45	$-4.70
	Overs	$3.19	$-0.91	$-6.91
	Unders	$-4.13	$-0.79	$4.36
Cowboys	H2H	$-0.90	$-5.25	$-7.25
	Line	$1.65	$1.45	$-0.75
	Overs	$-0.46	$1.02	$4.28
	Unders	$-0.39	$-2.64	$-6.77

The above figures represent the net profit from wagering
$1.00 on the associated selection each game.

Where applicable, the line and O/U figures start from
the dates provided in the Notes section below the
Performance Guide.

Notes

1. The Value represent the net profit from wagering $1.00 on the associated selection each game.
2. For the 'Last 12 Months' figures the H2H records date back to March, 2025. The line records date back to March, 2025. The O/U records date back to March, 2025.
3. The H2H records between Newcastle Knights and North QLD Cowboys date back to March, 2009. The line records between the two opponents date back to March, 2013. The O/U records between the two opponents date back to March, 2013.
4. Where applicable, in the Value Guide for the last 6, 12 and 18, games, the actual lookback period is limited by the earliest line and O/U dates stated in Note 2 above.

NRL Resources

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